Fertilizer-distributer.



PATBNTED MAR. 15, 1904.

M. L. BAKER. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER APPLICATION FILED DEO.18. 1903.

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PATENTED MAR. 15, 1904.

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FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. APPLICATION FILED DEG. 18 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON L. BAKER, OF EDGEMONT, PENNSYLVANIA.

F ERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 754,408, dated March 15, 1904.

Application filed December 18, 1903. Serial No. 185,614. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON L. BAKER, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Edgem nurelfand has for its object to provide a device of this class which will eflectually cause operative position in dotted lines.

an evendistribution of the manure and prevent the" same from being distributed over the ground in lumps.

A;further object of my invention is to provide a device of this class which can be gaged to distribute a certain quantity of manure.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the manure-regulating board and in certain other novel features ofconstruction and in combination of parts, which will first be fully described, and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear portion of a manure-distributer provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through Fig. 1, showing theregulating-board in a vertical position in full lines and intermediate its vertical position and its Fig. 3 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1, showing regulating-board in a raised position. Fig. 1

is a vertical section longitudinal through Fig. 5 3, showing the regulating-board 1n operatlve position.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, in

which 1 indicates the body of the distributer which may be of any improved pattern, the same forming no part of my invention.

2 indicates the distributing-drum, which is located as shown, and provided with a series of radially-extending teeth 3, said drum being geared to the rear wheels of the distributer by chain 4 or in any other approved manner.

5 indicates the manure-regulating board or gate, and 6 indicates the lever-arms which support and move the same. Suitable links 7 connect the cross-bar 8 of said arms to said regulating board or gate.

Upon the sides of the body 1 I provide blocks or strips 9, which may be of metal or wood, as desired, and in said blocks or strips I make a series of inclined notches 10, and at the front of the distributing-board on either side thereof I provide pins 11, adapted to engage said notches, as shown. On the upper or rear side of said board or gate I provide a series of cleats 12 to be engaged by the radially-extending teeth on the distributing-drum, as shown in Fig. 2. Along the rear edge of said regulating-board I provide an angle-iron plate 13, securely bolted or secured to the board, and secured to said plate permanently and rigidly is a series of teeth or pins 14:, extending downward therefrom at an angle of about forty-five degrees.

The I connecting cross-bar 8 of the leverarms 6 is provided at each end with angleirons 15, having a projecting pin 16 entering the lever-arms 6, as shown, said construction allowing the connecting-bar 8 to freely swing and accommodate itself to the angle and position of the regulating board or gate.

Having thus set forth the several parts of my invention, its operation is as follows: The

body 1 is filled with manure, and the regulat ing-board is placedin a vertical position, as

shown in Fig. 2. When the machine is started, the distribution-drum commences to revolve, and thepins thereon engage the cleats on the regulating-board and lift the same into position shown in'Fig. 2, from whence it is carried forward into position shown in Fig.

'1. The manure is forced rearwardly, as in any well-known manner,- but preferably by means of an endles s belt, (not shown,) and the lever-arms 6 are secured in the desired position by means of a quadrant or any adjustable securing means at the forward ends thereof and in reach of and under the control of the driver or operator. As the manure is carried rearwardly the distributingdrum engages the same and distributes it in the usual manner, the manure passing between the rear edge of the regulating-board and the drum, the teeth or pins on said drum and board crushing and disintegrating the lumps and causing an even distribution, the inclined position of the regulating-board causing the manure as it is forced rearwardly to be banked against the distributing-drum, so as to allow the teeth of said drum to get a good grip in the manure and effectually carry the same up 5 and over the drum to distribute the same. The particular and automatic arrangement of the regulating-board allows for an exact and unvarying space through which the manure must pass, and in the event of any large lumps a or pieces being carried up by the distributing-drum the same must be broken up by the action of the teeth thereon and in the tailboard before the same can be distributed, which fact insures an even and a regular dis- 5 tribution of the manure.

Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the opening between the regulating-board and'dis tributing-drum can be regulated by raising its lever-arms and by causing the pins 11 to o engage rest in the forward notches 10. In

either event the position of the board is certain and unvariable, so that the pressure of the manure or the size of the lumps have no effect in raising the board or enlarging the 5 opening between the board and the drum. It

will also be noted that the angle of the pins 1 f on the angle-plate 13 cause the same to act more directlyupon the manure during the distribution, thereby insuring a more perfect o disintegration and a more even distribution tion with a suitable manure-holding body of a distributing-drum and means for revolving the same, a regulating-gate, and means for swinging the same, suitable lever-arms, and means for connecting the same to said board to raise or lower the same and to rigidly hold the same in position, cleats on the rear face of said board adapted to be engaged by the distributing-drum to raise said board, and an angle-iron plate on the rear edge of said board, and pins carried thereby at an angle of substantially forty-five degrees, to said board.

2. In a fertilizer-distributer the combination of a suitable body and a distributingdrum with means for revolving the said drum,

a regulating-board and means for swinging the same, suitable lever-arms and means for con.- necting the same to said regulating-board for 7 raising and lowering the same and for holding the same rigidly in-position, teeth on the rear er ge of said board arranged angularly thereto for disintegrating the fertilizer.

' 3. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination with a suitable body of means for distributing the fertilizer, a regulating-board and means for swinging the same from said body at different points tliei'con, means for raising and lowering the rear portio f said board and for holding thesame rigi sition. i l i y i. In a fertilizer-distributer, the com tion with a suitable body, of meansjfoi tributing the fertilizer, a regulating-boar and means for swinging the same from said body at different points thereon, means for raising and lowering the after end of said l ard and suitable means on said board for d grating the fertilizer.

5. The combination in a manure-distributer of an adjustable swinging tail-gate adapted to swing vertically when the machine is at rest and adapted to be moved forwardly when in operation and swing at its top, and means for raising or lowering said board angularly substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

MILTON L. BAKER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM TAYLOR, (3r. LEIPER GREEN 

